52 STAT.] 75TH CONG. , 3u SESS.-CHS. 406 -408- -JUNE 15, 1938 compensation to which he is entitled under the provisions of the Act of May 28, 1928, known as the "Welch Act", and the Act of July 3, 1930, known as the "Brookhart Act": Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, June 15, 1938. 1331 45 Stat. 776; 46 Stat. 1003. 5 U.S.C. §673. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. [CHAPTER 407] AN ACT For the relief of Alceo Govoni. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $766 to Alceo Govoni, of Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts, in full settlement of all claims against the United States, for injuries sustained by him when the vehicle which he was driving was struck by a United States Army truck on January 4, 1927, at Boston, Massa- chusetts: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services ren- dered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violat- ing the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misde- meanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, June 15, 1938. [CHAPTER 408] AN ACT For the relief of Josephine Russell. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That notwithstand- ing the provisions and limitations of sections 15 and 20, both inclusive, of the Act entitled "An Act to provide compensation for enployees of the United States suffering injuries while in the performance of their duties, and for other purposes", approved September 7, 1916, as amended, the United States Employees' Compensation Commission be, and the same is hereby, authorized and directed to receive and con- sider, when filed, the claim of Josephine Russell for disability result- ing from complications caused by continual irritation while driving over rough and unsurfaced roads on the Kiowa Reservation in Okla- homa, in 1930 and 1931, when on duty as a field nurse; and for physical overwork affecting her general health while employed as a staff nurse at Pine Ridge, South Dakota, by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior, and to determine said claim upon its merits under the provisions of said Act: Provided, That claim hereunder shall be filed within six months after the approval of this Act: Provided further, That no benefits shall accrue prior to May 13, 1936. Approved, June 15, 1938. June 15, 1933 [S. 865 [Private, No. 565] Alceo Oovoni. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. June 15,1938 IS. 1220] [Private, No. 5i] Josephine Russoll. Provisions of lEm- ployees' ('ompensa. tiol Act exteoided to.
- )9Stit. 746, 717.
s U. S. C . §7i;5).77. Provisos. Time for filing claim. No prior benefits.
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